Operation Claw-Lock

Operation Claw-Lock
Part of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
Date17 April 2022 – February 2024
Location
Metina, Zap and Avashin Basyan regions, Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Status Operation successful
Belligerents

Turkey
Supported by:
Kurdistan Region

Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK)

Commanders and leaders

Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey Atilla Gülan
Turkey Hulusi Akar

Turkey Yaşar Güler

Cemîl Bayik

Murat Karayılan
Units involved

Turkey Turkish Armed Forces

PKK

Strength

Turkey ~15,000 personnel

 Unknown
Casualties and losses

83 killed

145 KIAs and 47 DOWs (per Sözcü)		 995 killed or captured (AA estimate)
8 civilians killed and 20+ civilians injured

Operation Claw-Lock (Turkish: Pençe-Kilit Operasyonu) was a military operation of the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Iraq. The operation was taking place in the Duhok Governorate against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), as part of the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict.

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